| Opsiphanes cassina | |
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| Opsiphanes cassina from Peru | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Opsiphanes |
| Species: | O. cassina |
| Binomial name | |
| Opsiphanes cassina C. & R. Felder, 1862 |
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Opsiphanes cassina, common name Split-banded Owlet, is a species belonging to the Nymphalidae family.
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Opsiphanes cassina has a wingspan reaching about 70 millimetres (2.8 in), with a smaller size in males. The uppersides of the wings are dark brown, with yellow-orange bands crossing the forewings and the edges of the hindwings. The underssides of the wings is also brown, with some large eyes. Adults of this species are active for about ten days only, period in which they have to feed, mate and lay their eggs.
Larvae feed on Cocos nucifera, Livistona species, Acrocomia vinifera, Cocos nucifera, Bactris quineensis, Erythrea salvadorensis and Roystonea regia. They are dangerous defoliator of the oil palm.
This species occurs from Mexico to the Amazon Basin.